A Jean Blewett poem for St. Patrick’s Day.
Tag Archives: Ireland
The Theatricality of Martyrdom
While visiting a Dublin exhibit of the Easter, 1916 Rising, I thought both of a Borges short story and Yeats’s famous poem about the event.
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Leaving Ireland to Fight
One option for Irishmen leaving the country has been fighting for other countries. Yeats captures this in “An Irish Airman Foresees His Death.”
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Heaney and the Good Friday Agreement
Looking back at Northern Ireland’ Good Friday agreement, Clinton has cited a Seamus Heaney poem. There’s good reason for this.
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An Irish Poet Blasts Brexit
Tuesday When The Irish Times interviewed several Irish authors about Brexit, one of them responded with a lyric. In dark and confusing times, poetry steps up. It makes sense that Irish authors would weigh in since the Emerald Isle, especially Northern Ireland, has more at stake than almost anyone else. The border between the two […]
John Wilmot Sums Up Current GOP
Thursday One of the interchanges in Trump fixer Michael Cohen’s testimony before the House Investigation Committee yesterday jumped out at me because it had such an 18th century flavor to it. Kentucky Republican James Comer, seeking to undermine Cohen, challenged him with the following: Comer: “You called Trump a cheat. What would you call yourself?” […]
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The Terrible Beauty of Political Fanatics
While many are celebrating the centenary of Ireland’s Easter uprising, Yeats’s famous poem on the rebellion offers us cautions about how to respond to such acts of rebellion today.
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Yeats & Ireland’s World of Faery
Yeats’ “Stolen Child” longs for the lost world of faery but also finds something precious in the here and now world of Ireland.
I Am of Ireland
Yeats captures the enduring myth that is Ireland in two poems.
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